US Congress House Bill 4642 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 14 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-12-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to provide access to hospital care and medical services in non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities for all veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system. (Currently, such access is based upon appointment wait times and distance from, or existence of, VA facilities.) The VA shall: (1) establish a pilot program to expedite the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) process for bringing on a medical provider after such person is offered a tentative VHA position (onboarding), (2) give priority to medical facilities facing hiring shortages of licensed independent medical providers, and (3) submit to Congress a strategy for reducing the length of the medical provider hiring process by half. The bill requires that certain personal information be transmitted to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable state licensing board whenever a major adverse action based upon performance or conduct is taken against certain VHA health care employees.

Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017

Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-12-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-12-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-12-14	House	Introduced in House

SB2168 (Same As) 2017-11-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4642/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4642/BILLS-115hr4642ih.pdf